Blackburn says nix to EPA pix

Rep. Marsha Blackburn has sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking that the Environmental Protection Agency drop a contest for citizens to produce a short video extolling the value of the federal rule making process. (See Blackburn’s column in The Hill today blasting the EPA.)

The prize for the winning video is $2,500. “In an era of ever mounting debt, a $2,500 prize for a YouTube video is truly not the best use of taxpayer dollars,” Blackburn wrote.

Instead, she is running her own contest via her Facebook page to solicit her followers to submit their own videos about how their lives have been impacted by federal regulations.

Who knows, perhaps Tennessee could host the first “Federal Regulations” film fest.